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LOT 2357
Natural History - Knightia Multi Fossil Fish Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (81 grams, 10.6 cm).
The three Knightia alta on a rounded matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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